Made-up bow tie



b, 24.1925. 1,527,230 A. SCHRETER MADE UP BOW TIE Filed Aug. 17, 1922 gum/tow m fb'ckrefief Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

UNITED STAT ADOLF SCHRETER, 0F BALTEMORE, JJIARYLAND.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, About Sornurrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful fur provements in Made-Up Bow Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of neckties which are sold with a made-up bow. This bow is commonly not tied, but made up of separate pieces which are secured together to simulate a double bow knot tied in a string tie.

Where these ties are made up of face fabric alone or with a filler of soft material, they are unsatisfactory because the fabric soon curls up and loses its shape and the life of the tie is very short.

Various expedients have been used to prevent the bow losing shape, such as mounting it on a stiff support or shield at the back, or placing a wire frame within the bow. Neither of these methods are satisfactory for the reason that the first mentioned expedient gives the bow a stiff board-like appearance, and the wire frame has the disadvantage that when the wearer faces the wind, the outline of the frame is clearly visible through the fabric, and with the slender soft wire frames commonly used for this purpose the pressure of the wearers chin upon the bow when the head is lowered tends to permanently bend the bow out of shape, giving the bow an unsightly appearance of which the wearer is usually unaware as the bow is out of his range of vision.

One of the objects of my invention, there fore, is to provide the bow with a support which will permit the bow to yield readily under pressure but to return to its proper shape upon the pressure being removed. Another object of my invention is to provide a support which will be entirely invisible from any angleat which the tie may be viewed.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a resilient support which will give slightly under its own weight when the wearer bends forward, but return to its previous posit-ion upon the wearer returning to erect posture.

Another object of my invention is to provide individual resilient supports for the front and back loops of the how, these sup ports differing in material so that one is more readily flexed than the other, giving a natural movement to the bow when pressure is applied to it.

My invention is capable of embodiment in a variety of forms within the spirit of the claims forming part hereof, one of which is shown .in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a necktie bow.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section of the center part of the bow on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a bow former.

in the drawing, 1 is a loop, formed of an elongated rectangular strip of face fabric with the long edges thereof turned inward as shown at at and 5 to form a strip of flattened S-shaped cross section, the ends of the strip 8 and 9 being folded inward to form the loop.

2 is a similar loop superimposed upon the loop 1, but facing in the reverse direction, with its edges 6 and 7 turned inward and its ends 10 and 11 folded inward as are similar parts of the loop 1.

3 is a yoke or ring of face fabric which encircles the loops at their center and con tracts the loops at that point, thus giving them the form of the conventional bow knot tie.

12 and 13 are formers of resilient material, similar in general outline but preferably differing in thickness or character of material, these formers having the general outline which it is desired to give to the bow. The preferable form has wide flaring edges 14 and 15 and a contracted center portion 16, the edges of this center portion being preferably parallel for reasons which will appear hereafter in connection with my description of my method of making the how.

To make the how, I cut from some resilient material two formers of the shape shown in Figure 4. These formers may be of any resilient material which will hold its shape. I have found by experiment that resilient fibrous materials are best suited for this purpose, and find as the most satisfactory materials which I have used. rubber fabric, that is woven cotton fabric impregnated with rubber, and thin leather. lVhile these formers may be alike, I have found it desirable to make the former of the rear bow either thicker or of a different material from that used in the front bow, and I commonly use a hark former of rubber fabric and a front former of thinleather. A single formor may be used but the result is not as satisfactory as a former for each loop.

I provide two elongated rectangular strips of face fabric, approximately twice as long and wider than the desired dimensions of the how, one to formthe front loop and one the back loop.

Taking one of these strips, I bend over the edges throughout their whole length,

er is thus incased somewhat loosely in the.

face fabric, which forms a loop as plainly shown in Figure 2.

The second former is incased in face fabric in a similar manner to form the second loop and the two loops are then placed back to back, that is in opposite directions, and tightly bound together at the center by a strip of face material forming the yoke 3. The yoke 3 bears against the parallel sides of the contracted center 16 of the formers and is held in this position by the flaring sides of the wings l4 and 15 of the formers.

is heretofore mentioned, I prefer to make the former of the rear bow of rubber fabric giving 221, slight irregularity in the form of the bow which is characteristic of hand tied -l ows and avoiding the stiff board like form which is the common appearance of madeup how ties.

hat I claim is:

l. A necktie bow or the like comprising a plurality of superimposed loops of fabric secured together, each loop provided with a former of resilient sheet material with contracted center portion and outwardly flaring ends infoldedwithin said loop.

2. ii necktie bow and the like comprising a plurality of superimposed loops of fabric secured together, each loop provided with a former or "resilient, fibrous sheet material with contracted center portion and outwardly flaring ends infolded within said loop.

3. In a necktie how, a pair of superimposed loops, said loops eonsisl'ing of lengths of face fabric with edges turned inward to form strips of flattened C shaped'cross sections. resilient formers, of sheet material of l the general outline of the bow inserted in the loops between the face fabric and its interned edges, theouter ends of saidstrips of face fabric being folded inwardto form the loops, and a yoke encircling the center portion of the bow and binding the loops and formers together.

In testimony whereof I aliix'my signature.

ADOLF SCHRETER. 

